Isaiah 34:10

It shall not be quenched lailah v'yomam; 1 the ashan (smoke) thereof shall go up l'olam (forever); 1 from dor to dor it shall lie desolate; 1 none shall pass through it l'netzach netzachim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

In Context

9And the streams thereof + 34:9 i.e., of Edom shall be turned into zefet (pitch, tar), 1 and the aphar (dust) thereof into gofrit (burning sulfur), 1 and the land thereof shall become burning zefet (pitch, tar). 1

11But the desert owl and the screech owl shall possess it; 1 even the yanshuf (great owl) and the orev (raven) shall dwell in it; 1 and He shall stretch out upon it the measuring line of tohu, 1 and the plumbline of vohu. + 34:11 See Gn 1:2 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:31And the strong shall be as tinder, 1 and the maker of it + 1:31 the idol as a spark, 1 and they shall both burn together, 1 and none shall quench them.

Isaiah 24:1Hinei, Hashem maketh Ha'Aretz empty, and maketh it waste, 1 and ruineth her face, 1 and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 1

Isaiah 66:24And they shall go forth, and look upon the pigrei ha'anashim that have rebelled against Me; for their tola'at (worm) shall not die, neither shall their eish be quenched; and they shall be dera'on (loathsome, an abomination) to kol basar. + 66:24 See also on Gehinnom Dan 12:2

Jeremiah 49:18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah) and the neighboring towns thereof, saith Hashem, no ish shall abide there, neither shall a ben adam dwell in it.

Ezekiel 29:11No regel of adam shall pass through it, nor regel of behemah shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited arba'im shanah.

Mark 9:43And if your yad causes you a michshol, cut off your yad; for it is better for you if you enter Chayyei Olam as an amputee, than, having both yadayim, you go away into Gehinnom, into the EISH LO TIKHBEH (fire not [ever] extinguished), + 9:43 Verses 43, 44, 46 and 48, see Isa 66:24 [

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 34:10-17

Threatenings against God's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of… Read the whole commentary →

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